
Sea Control
Sea Control is CIMSEC's Flagship podcast. We focus on maritime security, naval affairs, and defense and foreign policy.
Latest episodes

Nov 19, 2023 • 27min
Sea Control 481 - Logistics Interdiction in Taiwan Unification Campaigns with Michael Hugos and Dr. Ed Salo
Links1. Logistics interdiction for Taiwan Unification Campaigns, by Jacob Maywald, Benjamin Hazen, Edward Salo, and Michael Hugos, War on the Rocks, August 21, 2023.

Nov 16, 2023 • 17min
Sea Control 480 – Ill-Fitting Immersion Suits with Dr. Rosemary Ricciardelli
Links1. Ethnographic and lived experience of cold-water immersion: The compromised survival of women at sea due to ill-fitting immersion suits. by Rosemary Ricciardelli and Heather Carnahan, Journal of Maritime Research, February 6, 2023

Nov 12, 2023 • 37min
Sea Control 479 - The Life of a Flag Aide with Major Lauren Serrano
Links1. "Aides Are More than Bag Carriers," by Major Lauren Serrano, Proceedings, July 2023.

Nov 9, 2023 • 28min
Sea Control 478 - A Sober Analysis of Ukrainian Success in the Black Sea with Thord Are Iversen
Links1. “On Understanding the Naval War,” by Thord Are Iversen, Reports by T.A. Iversen, October 5, 2023.2. Reports by T.A. Iversen.

Nov 5, 2023 • 30min
Sea Control 477 - Scandinavian Responses to Great Power War at Sea with Dr. Steve Murdoch
Links1. Ideologies of Western Naval Power, c. 1500-1815, edited by J.D. Davies, Alan James, Gijs Rommelse,Routledge, 2019.

Nov 2, 2023 • 18min
Sea Control 476 - Titanic & the City of Widows with Julie Cook
Links1. The Titanic and the City of Widows It Left Behind – The Forgotten Victims of the Fatal Voyage, by Julie Cook, Pen and Sword History, April 6, 2020.

Oct 29, 2023 • 37min
Sea Control 475 - Island Campaigns and the Founding of the PLA Navy with Dr. Toshi Yoshihara
Links1. Red Star Over the Pacific: China’s Rise and the Challenge to U.S. Maritime Strategy, second edition, by Toshi Yoshihara and James Holmes, USNI Books, 2018. 2. Mao’s Army Goes to Sea: The Island Campaigns and the Founding of China’s Navy, by Toshi Yoshihara, Georgetown University Press, 2022. 3. "China’s Lessons from the Pacific War and Implications for Future Warfighting," by Toshi Yoshihara, CIMSEC, March 22, 2023. 4. "China as a Composite Land-Sea Power: A Geostrategic Concept Revisited," by Toshi Yoshihara, CIMSEC, January 6, 2021.5. "How China has Overtaken Japan in Naval Power and Why It Matters," by Toshi Yoshihara, CIMSEC, June 22, 2020.6. "Assessing the Military Balance in the Western Pacific with Dr. Toshi Yoshihara," by Cris Lee, CIMSEC, November 5, 2018.7. Sea Control 288: Chinese Civilian Shipping and the Threat to Taiwan with Tom Shugart, CIMSEC, October 28, 2021.

Oct 26, 2023 • 39min
Sea Control 474 - AUKUS, Naval Procurement & Grand Strategy with Dr. Jonathan Caverley
Link:"AUKUS: When naval procurement drives grand strategy," by Dr. Jonathan Caverley, International Journal: Canada's Journal of Global Policy Analysis, September 2023.

Oct 21, 2023 • 28min
Sea Control 473 - Doctrine Man, Leadership & Superheroes with Steve Leonard
Links1. Power Up: Leadership, Character, and Conflict Beyond the Superhero Multiverse, edited by Steven Leonard, Jonathan Klug, Kelsey Cipolla and Jon Niccum, Casemate, 2023.

Oct 19, 2023 • 21min
Sea Control 472 - Littoral Security with Dr. Prakash Gopal
Dr. Prakash Gopal joins the program to discuss his dissertation topic, littoral security. Dr Prakash Gopal is a former Indian naval officer with over two decades of experience in maritime security operations, policy and strategy. He was a Research Fellow at the National Maritime Foundation, India from 2016-18. In 2018 Prakash took up a PhD position at the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security, University of Wollongong. He completed his PhD in April 2023.
This episode was edited and produced by Jonathan Selling.
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